Friday, December 21st, 2007
Fridays tend to be quiet days at Casa Keys. Since my sister has Fridays off, my niece and nephew don’t come over, and all my still-at-home siblings are taking to break from school as an opportunity to nap all day. Although I haven’t seen a lot of attention to this in blogland, reporters recently dug [...]
Filed under: Mi Familia, politics, utah by Jere Keys
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Since I was last in town, my brother-in-law has upped the security on my parent’s wireless network, meaning the only access I’ve had to the internet has been when I can elbow my way onto the famly machine during the day. I finally got the passwords and clearance I need to set up my laptop, [...]
Filed under: comic books, Mi Familia, utah by Jere Keys
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
Scene 1 Our hero prepares for his voyage to the city near the pestilent lake. A television set, barely watched during packing, issues dire warnings. Anchor: Travellers Beware!!! Weather problems!! Lines of doom!!! New restrictions at security checkpoint!!! Me: Oh, okay. {sets alarm clock an hour earlier than planned} End scene 1. Scene 2 Our [...]
Filed under: travel, utah by Jere Keys
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
I cleaned and rearranged my room today. My head is no longer right under the window so I can stop worrying about dying from falling glass in “the big one.” I also have space for the useless crap holiday presents I assume I’ll be bringing back from my trip home tomorrow. Unless I get clothes. [...]
Filed under: miscellaneous by Jere Keys
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Dear bloggers of the world, In the last 5 days, I’ve now read approximately 8 posts along the same theme… “I’m going to say ‘Merry Christmas’ instead of ‘Happy Holidays’ no matter how un-PC it is!” Got it. But don’t kid yourself, you’re not being a rebel. You’re not making some dangerous break from acceptable [...]
Filed under: miscellaneous by Jere Keys
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Yesterday was a crazy day. Our office holiday party was in the afternoon, so I started drink about1:30 in the afternoon (like most of my coworkers) and kept going until about 7pm. Then I met up with Jacob and Jennifer for dinner and a late night showing of The Golden Compass. My (almost) two week vacation [...]
Filed under: movies, work by Jere Keys
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Being the theatregeek that I am, I tend to enjoy all musicals. Or almost all of them. In fact, the list of musicals I don’t like and wouldn’t go to see even when I was offered free tickets is a pretty damn short list. But there are a few. Starlight Express 1776 (I know people [...]
Filed under: movies, theatregeekery by Jere Keys
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
I know that my loyal reader (note the lack of the plural) expects a certain professional impartiality from me when reporting on matters of true importance. I take that trust very seriously. Therefore, it is only with extreme caution, deliberation and consideration that I will allow myself to endorse an individual candidate at this critical voting [...]
Filed under: blogging meta, links by Jere Keys
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Actual headline seen on my Yahoo home page: Scientists Discover Why Pregnant Women Don’t Fall Over [link - the actual page has a different headline] And from the article: If the body architecture failed to take counter measures, pregnant women would be tipping over left and right or walking around with even worse pain than [...]
Filed under: miscellaneous by Jere Keys
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
I cannot tell a lie, this last weekend was pretty uneventful. Friday night was a work fundraiser followed by an early bedtime. Saturday was shopping day. For Giftmas this year, I’m responsible for the sister who lives in Nowhereville, Iowa, and she told me that her local fashion choices involve Wal*Mart, K-Mart and other -Mart [...]
Filed under: San Francisco by Jere Keys
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